he said our troops, bob, are going in the dark at night and committing these atrocities. that was during the iraq war. very similar to what he said about our troops after vietnam when he accused them of cutting off limbs and tying electric wires to people's testicles. >> yeah. okay. i will say that -- >> should that be an issue? >> i think john kerry is imminently qualified to be secretary of state and a lot of republicans senators agree with me on that and a lot of republicans in the house agree as well. >> so he accuses of troops of atrocities and that shouldn't be an issue? >> the totality of john kerry's record as war hero and fearless advocate. >> war hero? >> listen. when it comes to defense, there's nobody who has a better record, who is more knowledgeable, let's talk about the state department. >> more knowledge about international affairs. >> i'm not really quite sure that john kerry is a war hero. >> he was chairing the foreign relations committee. i don't know who would think that resumÉ would disqualify him. >> i think that going and speaking out against. >>